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THE report of the National Physical Laboratory fon the year 1903, which was submitted to the^Board last Friday, is the first report covering a full year's working, and shows that very satisfactory progress is: being made. It is clear, however, that on the financial side the laboratory is in need of further support, even if it is only to continue to work as at present, whereas it is eminently desirable that the work should be widely extended so that the laboratory can undertake to carry out a number of tests for which there is a demand, and which it is now obliged to refuse. These will in many cases necessitate a considerable increase in the equipment, which is at present very inadequate in many branches, and naturally also an increase in the annual expenditure, which will be only partially recouped by the fees derived from the tests carried out. It is also pointed out in the report that the staff is not large enough, and that the income should be sufficient to allow of higher salaries being paid to the assistants, as those which are at present paid are not liberal enough to secure the permanence of the services of men of the necessary ability.
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SOLOMON, M. The National Physical Laboratory . Nature 69, 491–492 (1904). https://doi.org/10.1038/069491a0
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